Serving God with Your Family by Pastor David Ibiyeomie

Topic: Serving God with Your Family

Serving God with your family is the highest priority for every family that will succeed. Serving God with your family is not a waste of time; it is the most profitable venture on earth. It is not just joining a service group; it is to determine to function effectively with all your family members.

Joshua 24:15 (KJV) And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Each family member should make a choice to serve God with their endowments: talents, resources and strength. Life loses its meaning if you are not living to serve God. When families come to Church, they are being serviced by God; but when they get involved in service units, then they are serving God.

Genesis 18:19 (KJV) For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

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Abraham was the head of his family; he demonstrated it by dedicated service to God; because of this, God trusted him that he will be able to command his family to serve Him. To be the head is to be able to direct your family to be committed to the service of God. The plan of God to bless the family is still far from being actualized in so many families; because focus has shifted from God centered project to personal project only. So many families have replaced God with their personal needs. Being relevant in Kingdom service is the only way you can retain God’s blessings upon your family.

Physical Service involves joining service units in your local church with your family members so you can serve with your skills, talents and gifts. Service is to be done committedly and effectively in honour of God. Acceptable service is serving God as commanded not as convenient.

Isaiah 1:19 (KJV) If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

Spiritual service involves soul winning and praying for the Kingdom of God. The family as a team should be involved in soul winning. It is about reconciling the lost back to God.

Mark 16:15 (KJV) And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Financial Service is about serving God with your finance

Exodus 10:24-26 (KJV) And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you. And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.

Any service rendered without your money being involved is not a complete service. God must be served with your finance and resources in order to take delivery of the complete reward of service. This is the reason Moses insisted on the release of their resources. Every family member should use their talent, skill, strength and resources to serve; win souls and bring them to Church.

Children are natural mimics; no matter what you teach them, they learn better and faster by examples. Making your children to serve in the House of God is a crucial spiritual need. Parents want their children to be lawyers, doctors etc not minding God’s plan for their lives. Watch out for the children’s strength, talent, gifts and ensure they use it to serve God. If they can sing let them join the choir. Ensure by all means that they are involved in service. Parents are to teach the children how to serve God with their resources. It is important that they use their monetary gifts that are given to them to serve God. They should pay their tithe; give offerings, and other Kingdom obligations. Teach them to sow; do not bring your children to Church without packaging their offering. The children should never be allowed to use their offerings for snacks. Teach them to sow their way out into prosperity and not wait to acquire and inherit their parent’s wealth.

Ensure your children are involved in soul winning by going out with them. The reason some children are in cults is because they cannot preach to the people around; they end up being talked into cult groups. When the family is involved in soul winning, they become wise.

Proverbs 11:30 (KJV) The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

As you serve God with your family from now henceforth, I see God’s blessings and wisdom answer to your family in Jesus Name- Amen!

God bless you

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Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

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Topic: Discovering My True Self [Our Daily Bread 9 February 2019 Devotional]

Bible in a Year: Leviticus 6–7; Matthew 25:1–30

We know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. – 1 John 3:2

Today’s Scripture & Insight: 1 John 2:28–3:3

Who am I? That’s the question a faded stuffed animal asks himself in the children’s book Nothing by Mick Inkpen. Left in a dusty corner of an attic, the animal hears movers call him “nothing” and thinks that’s his name: Nothing.

Encounters with other animals spark memories. Nothing realizes that he used to have a tail, whiskers, and stripes. But it’s not until he meets a tabby cat who helps him find his way home that Nothing remembers who he truly is: a stuffed cat named Toby. His owner lovingly restores him, sewing on new ears, tail, whiskers, and stripes.

Whenever I read this book, I think about my own identity. Who am I? John, writing to believers, said that God has called us His children (1 John 3:1). We don’t fully understand that identity, but when we see Jesus, we will be like him (v. 2). Just like Toby the cat, we will one day be restored to the identity intended for us, which has been marred by sin. For now, we can understand that identity in part, and we can recognize the image of God in each other. But one day, when we see Jesus, we will be fully restored to the identity God intended for us. We will be made new.

Today’s Reflection
Where do I find my identity? According to Scripture, how does God view me?

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This message was written By Amy Peterson [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]

Topic: Behind Every Challenge [DCLM Daily Manna 9 February 2019 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi]

Text: John 9:1-7 (KJV)

Key Verse: “Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him” (John 9:3).

MESSAGE:

We should follow the example of our Lord Jesus Christ in His perception of intricate problems. While here in the world, He encountered difficulties that both His disciples and those outside expected Him to deal with. There was a wide gulf between the two on how they viewed such issues. Where others saw a crisis and despair, our Lord interrogated them with an opportunity to behold the glory of God. An understanding of these contrasting positions is key to building our faith.

When Jesus saw a man blind from his birth, His followers asked an intriguing question: “Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?” Their poser sprang from an erroneous Jewish tradition that physical infirmity was the consequence of the breach of God’s laws. Instead of going into arguments about Jewish customs, He educated them about the dynamics of the kingdom of God, pointing out that what the ordinary eyes saw as problems were opportunities for God to exhibit His glory. In other words, behind every apparent enigma, there is an opening for God to perform and attract praises to His name. Jesus moved on to prove His point by healing the blind man in a dynamic manner.

As believers, we should not fret or panic when difficulties arise in ministry or secular life. We must trust Him for the right solution that only heaven can provide. And we must obey without hesitation what He asks us to do as the blind man did and got his blessing.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Be prepared for God’s miracles when difficulties arise as you stand your ground.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Matthew 26

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DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.

Flatimes’ Notice Board: Until you are born again, God ever abiding presence will never be with you. You must be born again to enjoy continuous victory. Please say the displayed prayer below in faith:

Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

If you just prayed the prayer of salvation online please send your testimonies and prayer request to [email protected], 07026385437 OR 08141320204.

Open Heaven 9 February 2019 Prayer Points on Today – Conformed To His Image?

Conformed To His Image?

1.Lord, I worship You, because You are the source of infinite, true and unadulterated wisdom.

2.Thank You, Father, for destroying the stronghold of ignorance in my life, and for opening my eyes to divine truth and wisdom, through the salvation of my life.

3.Thank You, Father, for using the foolish and weak things of this world to confound the wise and mighty, so that no flesh will glory in Your presence.

4.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus’ name.

5.Father, I empty myself of worldly and satanic wisdom, please, fill me with godly, divine and pure wisdom from above, and use me mightily for Your glory, in Jesus’ name.

6.Father, increase me in faith and knowledge of Yourself, through Christ Jesus, my Lord and Saviour, in Jesus’ name.

7.Father, come and dwell in me and I in You, so that through me, You can confound the wise and mighty, and achieve Your purpose, in Jesus’ name.

8.Father, let every Goliath, intimidating, oppressing and threatening me, fall down and be beheaded by his own sword, in Jesus’ name.

9.Father, Let Me Be Conformed To The Image Of Christ, In Jesus’ Name.

10.Father, please, help me to live through today, without committing a single sin, in Jesus’ name.

11.Father, perfect and complete, all the projects that Your son, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, have laid his hands upon, in Jesus’ name.

12.Father, bless Your son, that You have been using to prepare these prayer points, beyond measures; help him to overcome every challenge of getting these prayer points across to Your children timely, on daily basis, in Jesus’ name.

13.Your Personal petitions. (Philippians 4:6)

14.In Jesus name I pray. (John 14:13-14; 15:16)

15.Thank you Father for answered prayers. (1 Thessalonians 5:18).

These prayers have no expiry date! Please, pray them, irrespective of the time they get to you. Remain blessed, in Jesus name.

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Open Heaven 9 February 2019 Prayer Points on Today – Conformed To His Image?